The
morning after
reports emerged that President Donald Trump struck a deal
with top Democrats on immigration, some Republican lawmakers took
to Twitter to express their outrage and request more information
about the supposed agreement.

Following Trump's White House dinner with Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday
evening, which did not include any GOP lawmakers, the Democratic
leaders released a statement describing their discussion as "very
productive," and noted that they had "agreed to enshrine the
protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package
of border security, excluding the wall, that's acceptable to both
sides."

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DACA refers to the Obama-era program that protects some 800,000
people living in the US illegally from being deported and allows
them to work in the US legally. The program applies specifically
to people who were brought to the US as minors.

Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican, tweeted his outrage
on Wednesday night at Trump's reported deal with Schumer and
Pelosi: "Unbelievable! Amnesty is a pardon for immigration law
breakers coupled with the reward of the objective of their
crime."

King said
that if the deal comes to pass, Trump's base would be "blown up,
destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair."

"No promise is credible," he added.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, another Iowa Republican, tweeted asking the
president's staff to brief him on the agreement.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attempted to
mitigate the panic on Wednesday evening, tweeting, "While DACA and
border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was
certainly not agreed to."

And Trump insisted on Thursday morning that "no deal was made
last night on DACA."

"Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange
for consent. Would be subject to vote," he tweeted.

He followed up later that morning with two tweets defending the
protection of DACA recipients and told reporters that the wall
would be built, but "it'll
be funded a little bit later."

"Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and
accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the
military? Really!" Trump wrote. "They have
been in our country for many years through no fault of their own
- brought in by parents at young age. Plus BIG border security."

Later on Thursday morning, Trump insisted that top Republicans
agree with him on DACA.

"Mitch is on board. Paul Ryan is on board. We all feel - look,
92% of the people agree on DACA," he told reporters.

Pelosi and Schumer released another statement on Thursday saying
that the president's tweets "were not inconsistent" with their
agreement, and noted that Trump said he would pursue the
construction of the border wall "at a later time."

Many Republicans are reeling after a week in which the president
has seemingly embraced bipartisanship,
striking a deal with Democrats last week to temporarily
suspend the federal debt ceiling, fund the government, and
provide Hurricane Harvey relief
over the strong objection of his own advisers and Republican
leadership.